Chori Chori (1956)

Original title

चोरी चोरी

Directed by

Anant Thakur

Genre

musical film, romance film

Country

India

Runtime

2h 27m

Rated

U

Rating

7.2 of 10 from 4 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A wealthy heiress runs away from her domineering father and meets a charming but penniless reporter. They travel together on a long bus journey, bickering and bonding along the way.

romanticlight-heartedcomicalupbeatwhimsicalclassiccharmingfast-paced

What happens

Chori Chori (transl. Stealthily) is a 1956 Indian Hindi-language romantic comedy film directed by Anant Thakur. It stars Raj Kapoor, Nargis in the lead roles. Pran, Johnny Walker, Gope, David, Mukri, Bhagwan Dada have character parts. It is an adaptation of the 1934 American film It Happened One Night. This was the last film of Nargis and Raj Kapoor together as leads, with Nargis doing one cameo appearance in the Raj Kapoor starrer Jagte Raho (1956). Music was composed by Shankar-Jaikishan and lyrics were written by Hasrat Jaipuri and Shailendra. The music of Chori Chori had popular tracks including romantic songs "Aaja Sanam Madhur Chandni Mein", "Yeh Raat Bheegi Bheegi", "Jahan Mein Jaati Hoon Wahi Chale Aate Ho", by Lata Mangeshkar and Manna Dey and comedy number "Sawa Lakh Ki Lottery," by Lata Mangeshkar and Mohammad Rafi. The film was later entirely remastered and colourised. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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